Hunter's Lullaby (Written By Cohen, Performed In Lyrics

[cf lyrics from the Cohen album "Various Positions"]

(Judy)            Your father's gone a-hunting
                  Into the forest wild
                  He cannot take his wife with him
                  He cannot take his child
                  
                  Your father's gone a-hunting
                  In the quicksand and the clay
                  A woman cannot follow him
                  Although she knows the way
                  
                  Your father's gone a-hunting
                  Through the mirror and the glass
                  Where only greed can enter
                  But spirit cannot pass
                  
                  Your father's gone a-hunting
                  For the beast he cannot bind
                  And he's left a baby sleeping
                  And his blessings all behind
                  
                  Your father's gone a-hunting
                  And he's lost my lucky charm
                  And he's lost the guardian heart
                  That keeps the hunter from the harm
                  
                  There's a darkness in the thicket
                  That was not there before
                  And among the tangled undergrowth
                  There is one tangle more
                  
                  Your father's gone a-hunting